The opposition Congress in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) that has been protesting the delay of the opening of Atal Bridge, the pedestrian bridge over the Sabarmati river, declared it “open” on Tuesday.
Leader of Opposition Shahzad Khan Pathan, who led the group by cutting a ribbon and walking halfway on the bridge, said, “The construction of the bridge was completed three months ago. In the last general board meeting (of the corporation) when I discussed the opening of the bridge, the mayor said, ‘we are going to get it inaugurated by auspicious hands’,” said Pathan.
Referring to the controversy over the AMC mulling an entry fee for bridge users, Pathan questioned the discussion over it for months.
